From Oculus/ModRetro to Anduril & co. Boys with toys continue being living proof of the primitive worldview formed from watching too much idiotic Hollywood sci-fi. But they're all so very good at exploiting the huge appetite and openings for defense funding and government contracts in the current ethics-free and testosterone soaked, dripping/tripping environment of the US admin...
Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/ben-lamm-raises-200m-for-warhound-to-engineer-war-dogs-and-arm-them-with-anduril-gear/
Related, some very good & entertaining commentary about Colossus Biotech (who're key part of Warhound) and their "de-extinction" & cloning business model:
https://arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolves-remain-very-extinct
Ps. Considering the $100k-200k price tag for a trained security dog aimed at VIPs, one can just imagine the profits to be made for weaponized dogs...
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